Year 8 Visit ‘Nelson Mandela Celebrations’

24th September 2013Ms E Bolton

Term had barely started when the English Department made their  first extra- curricular visit of the academic year to The Queen Elizabeth Hall  on London’s Southbank. Ten year 8 students and one year 11 student,  supported by Ms Bolton, Ms Campbell, Mr Guyver and Mr Warner, braved rush hour  traffic on Wednesday 18th September to reach the Southbank for a  spectacular celebration honouring Nelson Mandela. 

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As part of the Southbank Centre’s Literature and Spoken Word  Season “REVOLUTIONS” twenty -seven leading writers, musicians and poets read  twenty-seven extracts from  Mr Mandela’s autobiography “Long Walk To  Freedom” .

The evening was insightful yet entertaining and our students  were easily the youngest members of the audience. The performances ranged from  moving extracts where we learned what Mr Mandela went through on Robben Island  to his eventual release after twenty-seven years. Performers such as Sharon D  Clarke sang, Beverley Naidoo read extracts and Gillian Slovo remembered her  childhood in apartheid South Africa.  In addition poets such as LInton  Kwesi Johnson and author Ben Okri performed their own work.  The two hours  flew by and we all agreed it was wonderful  to see and hear such a  diverse range of performers.

CONGRATULATIONS YEAR 11s – Class of 2013

22nd August 2013Mr J Rennalls

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We released an outstanding set of results today- by far the best ever achieved at Northumberland Park.

91% of our Y11 gained 5 or more good passes (A*-C). If English & Maths is included, last year’s record of 41% was dwarfed by a new record of 51%!

In English & Maths, 60% & 62% respectively achieved A*-C grades. There were also outstanding outcomes in other subjects, notably in GCSE Art where 9 out of 24 students (38%) achieved A* grades and 100% achieved A*-C.

Individually, there were many outstanding performances. In particular Sarah Kichou with 13 A/A* grades, of which 8 were A*; Hande Emin with 13 A/A* grades of which 7 were A*; and Ronak Patel with10 A/A* grades, 7 of which were A*.

“The 10% rise in our results this year is testimony to the staff and year 11 student cohort for all their hard work, efforts and perseverance. We have achieved our best crop of A*/A grades this year. This good set of results will serve as motivation and aspiration for our new year 11 cohort.

I want to acknowledge the outstanding support students and staff received from parents. We wish all the year 11 students of 12/13, every success in their future studies.” – Monica Duncan, Headteacher